Simple, Elegant Pasta Dinners: 75 Dishes with Inspired Sauces

by Nikki Marie

Overview

Luxurious Dinners that are Deceptively Easy to Pull Together

Nikki Marie, blogger behind Chasing the Seasons, transforms everyone’s go-to pantry staple by using heirloom Italian methods to create complex flavors at home. Creative combinations like French Onion Penne, Red Wine Spaghetti with Swiss Chard and Spinach and Avocado Linguine are ready faster than your go-to spaghetti and meatballs. It’s easy to delight your weekend guests with Fresh Pumpkin Pappardelle with Browned Rosemary Butter or Fresh Chestnut Pasta with Sausage.

Pasta is the perfect base for everything the seasons have to offer; use flavorful produce, tender meats and fresh seafood to make every pasta into a complete meal. Discover how versatile pasta can be, with options for light lunches, inspiration for leftovers and more. Sophisticated enough to impress at a dinner party and easy enough to throw together for a quick, satisfying family dinner, these dishes make pasta night more delicious than ever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780594123798
Publisher:	Page Street Publishing
Publication date:	09/17/2019
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	298,670
Product dimensions:	7.83(w) x 8.89(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Nikki Marie is the creator of the blog Chasing the Seasons. Her recipes and food photography have been nominated for a Saveur Blog Award and recognized by the New Jersey State Department of Agriculture’s Jersey Fresh Love campaign. She lives in Hackettstown, New Jersey.

Editorial Reviews

09/16/2019

In this debut cookbook, Chasing the Seasons blogger Marie writes, “I wanted to create a cookbook to elevate how we think about and cook with pasta,” and she succeeds handily. “If you consider pasta in its most pure state, it is quite plain (in a good way),” Marie writes. “It is precisely this blandness that makes pasta the perfect base for a wide range of unexpectedly delightful flavor combinations.” Marie integrates fresh produce into many of her recipes, dividing them seasonally based on the peak availability of each crop, such as ravioli with port wine and mushroom sauce for autumn, toasted spaghetti aglio e olio for winter, tortellini salad with roasted asparagus pesto for spring, and pasta with caramelized squash and zucchini blossoms for summer. Readers may be pleasantly surprised with some of the dishes that include sweet ingredients, most notably pasta with sausage and roasted red grapes, ravioli with caramelized blood oranges and escarole, pasta with arugula and strawberries, and rigatoni with rosemary-roasted eggplant and blackened cherries. There is also a recipe for basic pasta dough and a handful of fresh pasta dough recipes, such as gnocchi with creamy pumpkin sauce, spaghetti with crisp salami and burrata, and spinach fettucine carbonara. This excellent collection will inspire readers to create memorable, inventive pasta dishes. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

This excellent collection will inspire readers to create memorable, inventive pasta dishes.”
—Publisher’s Weekly

“These recipes will give you that moment before the first bite when the food looks so good, smells delicious and everything else around you is ok!”
—Gabriele Corcos, New York Times bestselling author, James Beard Award recipient and creator and host of Extra Virgin

“Nikki’s recipes are easy to approach, her stories are engaging and her pictures will inspire. Each season offers exciting recipes that will warm your heart and soul.”
—Eric LeVine, chef, Food Network’s Chopped champion and author of Burgers, Bowls, Jars

“Captivating and charming, this book is a true celebration of cooking from the heart with fresh, seasonal ingredients that matter. Nikki beautifully illustrates how to elevate pasta in creative yet approachable ways.”
—Natalie Lewis, celebrity private chef and food stylist at Fish.Eye Design

“What a wonderful way to show how seasonal, local produce can be paired with pasta in delicious ways.”
—Douglas H. Fisher, Secretary of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture

"I was brought back to my grandmother's kitchen and a simpler time as I began reading . . . an absolute must-have for the aspiring home cook.”
—Bill Van Pelt, award-winning chef and restaurateur

“Each dish is filled with bright color and varying texture, making one's taste buds come alive with each bite. This is a cookbook I'll be buying for everyone I know!”
—Alyson Richman, bestselling author of The Lost Wife and The Secret of Clouds

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